Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes in life you just want a big, warm plate of chocolate-chip cookies, and sometimes you want oatmeal chocolate-chip. At least that’s what Sarina and her Mom tell me 
.
I started with this recipe from Panthera and applied my usual cookie tweaks (more salt, more chocolate, chill the dough) with good results. I used regular rolled oats, not quick-cooking ones, which presumably resulted in a chewier cookie.
The original recipe calls for a cup of chopped walnuts too, which would be good – can’t use ‘em in my allergic house. Or if you want to do raisins, don’t let me stop you. You might want to cut down the white sugar by a couple of tablespoons too.
Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vegetarian, not vegan or gluten-free
Makes about 30 largeish cookies
- 1 c. butter, room temp or warm briefly in microwave
- 1 c. light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 T. vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- 2 t. salt
- 3 c. oats (see note above)
- 1.5 c. semisweet chocolate chips (Ghiradelli works well)
- Preheat oven to 325 F, using convection if available.
- In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars on medium speed until smooth.
- Add the eggs one at a time, continuing to beat. Add the vanilla extract and turn off the mixer.
- Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl, then add to the mixer and briefly mix, scraping down the bowl a couple of times.
- Add the oatmeal and briefly mix.
- Add the chocolate chips and briefly mix.
- Chill the dough for about 1/2 hour. You can do this right in the mixer bowl.
- Using a small ice-cream scoop or a very heaping tablespoon, drop balls on a silpat or ungreased baking sheet. Bake for about 14 minutes, until nicely browned.
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oh my goodness, those look awesome! i wonder if there would be any left if i got on a plane today??
They sound absolutely amazing!
BTW, chilling the dough before dropping it onto the baking sheet is a simple-but-brilliant idea.
Thanks Candace! The chilling makes a big difference with any cookie where you want them to stand up instead of spreading thin. I plan to do a big chocolate chip cookie post some day and get into the details.
(D.M. – too late!)
Joelle just made these last night – fantastic!
she mixed in dried cherries as well
(instead of raisins) – a nice extra bonus.
my new favorite cookies…
I’m glad you liked them! The dried cherries sound perfect.
Great recipe! I added some toasted coconut and these were a definite crowd pleaser. Yum. Thanks for posting!